Book: Carl Diem Selected Writings

Volume 1: Zur Begründung von Sport und Sporthziehung, 220 pages, Volume 2: Beiträge zur Entwicklung und Organisation des Sports, 452 pages, Volume 3: Reiseberichte, 312 pages. – Memories of the Nazi takeover are numerous. The transition of sport into the ’new Reich‘ is generally omitted. This almost 1,000-page selection of unpublished and scattered writings by Carl Diem provides comprehensive access to authentic material from a contemporary who was involved in and observed sport.
The editors have not omitted any of the major chapters from this life's work, which is so important for sport. Even as a selection, a stimulating abundance is offered. In any case, the core of Diem's teaching becomes clear: the moral obligation of the individual to a life of movement - here in the guise of sport - which is placed within the horizon of family, fatherland and humanity, and thus can never be without its historical character.